Healthy Hearing for Life uHear™ is a unique hearing
loss screening test application
available for download to the iPhone™ and iPod touch®. With uHear, you can identify
a potential hearing
loss through three assessments: Hearing Sensitivity, Speech in Noise and a Questionnaire about common
listening situations.
uHear also offers a ‘Locate’ function to help find the nearest Hearing Health Care Professional for
a full follow-up.
uHear
is for everyone. You can curb your curiosity with a simple and convenient six minute test from the comfort
of your home. Parents and teachers can use uHear to promote healthy hearing. You can share it with your
family and friends.
uHear is available for download on iTunes®
for free.
Please note: A self-administered hearing test
is not a final diagnosis for a hearing loss. You should visit a Hearing Healthcare Professional
for further testing if a hearing loss is suspected.
Don’t
wait, take the test. To download uHear, visit http://itunes.com/apps/uhear
(you will need
the iTunes application installed on your computer to
download uHear).
Using
uHear™ uHear is comprised of 4 sections: Measure, Results, Learn
and
Locate.
Measure Three tests for assessing
hearing include:
Hearing Sensitivity
- assesses your ability to hear at different frequencies.
Speech
in Noise - measures your comfort level for understanding speech in the presence of noise.
Questionnaire
- assesses how well you hear in everyday situations.
Results Your
test results are plotted on a graph. You can compare your hearing results to what is normal and with
varying degrees of hearing loss. You can also store results from previous tests and compare results
of family and friends.
Learn Learn provides
interesting facts and helpful information regarding how we hear and hearing loss.
Locate Using
the GPS system on the iPhone™ or the WiFi capability on the iPod Touch®, select Locate to find Hearing
Healthcare Professionals in your area or use the search function to find professionals in other locations.
The Hearing Healthcare Professionals are Unitron customers. If a professional cannot be found, the closest
Unitron office with contact information will be displayed.
You
can also watch an online demonstration of uHear:
